
There is absolutely nothing fancy about this meal. But man, it makes for a great, quick weeknight meal. My kids love stroganoff. Whenever we have it (and we have several recipes that are made often, including this one), statements like the following are rampant, “Mom, I love stroganoff” and “I’m totally having stroganoff for my birthday dinner” and “Stroganoff is the nectar of the Gods.” Ok, so they’ve never said that last one but I’m pretty sure they’d agree if they had any idea what it means. To be honest, I think they just like saying the word “stroganoff.” Pretty fun and exciting if you are 6 years old and get a kick out of saying random words over and over.
The stroganoff version today is a remake from the classic creamy ground beef stroganoff I grew up eating. Nothing against that version (promise, mom!) but we greatly enjoy this equally fast and yummy stroganoff made with a simple homemade sauce instead of cream of mushroom soup. It’s such a perfect weeknight meal and the flavors are down-home delicious. Here’s my disclaimer: this meal will not win you awards and fame for gourmet cooking, but it will provide a wonderfully tasty, hearty meal for the enjoyment of all. Sometimes that’s about all you can ask for and I’m totally ok with that.

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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef or turkey
- 1 small onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 clove garlic, finely minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 8 ounces sliced white button mushrooms
- 4 ounces light cream cheese, cubed
- 2 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 1/2 cup lowfat milk
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup light sour cream
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cooked egg noodles or rice for serving
Directions
- In a large nonstick skillet, cook the meat, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, on medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to break up the meat into small pieces, until the meat is almost cooked through but still slightly pink, about 5 minutes. Drain excess grease. Add sliced mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are soft and browned and the meat is cooked through, another 5 minutes or so.
- Add the cubed cream cheese and let the cream cheese melt over medium heat, about 2-3 minutes, before stirring in. Mix gently until the cream cheese is incorporated throughout the meat mixture. In a large liquid measuring cup, combine the beef broth and milk. Whisk in the flour until the mixture is smooth and there are no lumps of flour remaining.
- Stir the beef broth/milk mixture into the meat and cook over medium or medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Let the mixture bubble and simmer until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes. Stir in the sour cream and add additional salt and pepper to taste. Serve over cooked egg noodles or hot, cooked rice. Sprinkle each serving with fresh parsley, if desired.















Yum…I would love this with ground turkey!
I grew up eating this, too!!! Such a great meal!
Love a version without the COM soup! Can’t wait to try it!
great childhood memories of stroganoff here too! I’d add a little crumbled cooked bacon to this
I’ve made something similar to this, and we loved it! Kind of reminds me of homemade hamburger helper
I made your ultimate stroganoff last night! My husband loved it. I have some ground turkey in the freezer. I guess I need to try this one now.
I’m totally in your corner. Turkey is swell. Noodles are swell. Easy throw-together for kids and spouse is swell. You’re swell.
Mel, this is great. I have one problem, however. I love mushrooms and stroganoff but my husband won’t be in the same ROOM with a mushroom! Weird, huh? So I never use them (unfortunately) and I would like to know:
if you or your readers know of anything I could use to substitute for the mushrooms in recipes like this.
Thanks, as always, for great easy recipes!
this is gourmet in my book…all fresh ingredients…i do add a T of tomato paste to gravey…and probably other stuff…i love it…sooooo darn good!!!
I have a similar recipe that is a staple in our house. No one likes mushrooms here so we just don’t use them. But we use ground venison all the time, and I always add a splash of Worcestershire sauce – it really makes the dish for us.
I also love to add yellow, red, and orange bell peppers for color and health!
I’d love to try this! Beef Stroganoff is one of my favorite meals of all time
Haha … just last night I was “inventing as I cooked” a recipe for beef stroganoff that didn’t use com soup. Ours was yummy but this recipe looks even better!
Yay! This is one of my favorite meals, but I haven’t made it since you’ve convinced me not to use COM.
Can’t wait to try it. My husband might even eat it now without the soup base!
As a working mom, I LOVE easy weeknight meals that are yummy and quick to throw together. Maybe you have already done something like this, but I think it would be awesome if you did a post that had a collage of all the recipes that you make often for your family during the week! Then I don’t have to think too hard when it comes to meal planning! Ha ha……just a thought! Thanks for all of your great recipes! I love them!
Yum made your chili mac last night and my 6 year old couldn’t stop saying how scrumptious it was! I’m sure my family will like this too! Thank you for remaking classics with ingredients I usually have and for making them easy to do too! So yummy!
Oh how funny that you should post this. I have a dinner that I make like this because my husband has a penchant for foods that come out of a box. So I set out to create a “Hamburger Helper” style meal from scratch. I do mine all in one skillet with the noodles, because I love fewer dishes for the washing!
I grew up eating beef stroganoff made with cream of yuck too. It was a favorite and always my brother’s “birthday dinner”. Then it became a regular at our newly wed dinner table. When I decided to toss processed foods out of my kitchen 5 years ago this recipe went out of our dinner rotation. I’ve tried different versions only to be disappointed. This looks very close to my momma’s recipe so its going on the menu this week! I’m crossing my fingers!
It may not be fancy but it is tasty and hearty. Perfect for this cold January weather.
I made this last night and the whole family loved it!
I just got some ground turkey breast meat on sale, in the freezer. I will make this with the stuff my hubbs got when I was sick, light cream cheese, etc. It will taste great and for leftovers tooo…It is just hubbs and me, nice to whip something up easily and have something for the next evening or luch. Love your blog. Always tasty light recipes that taste fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I meant to say lunch not luch! Still not myself, got that dredded flu or cold bug, knocked me for a loop, soups and lots of liquids and I just could not do much!
Beef stroganoff was one of my childhood favorites but we always made it with cream of mushroom soup. So excited to try a homemade version, thank you for recreating it without canned soup.
Made this w/ turkey…my husband said “This is AWESOME!” Thanks for the recipe:)
Made this tonight and it was devoured- dinner has never been so quiet:) This will go into my rotation asap, thank you so much!
made this last week – delicioius
the leftovers were even better for lunch…
I made this for dinner tonight and the kiddos gave it rave reviews! It was delicious – thanks for sharing your recipe!
You have made me a stroganoff lover! Made it with ground turkey and it was a hit! Thanks!
Bex-I made this tonight and just omitted the mushrooms.
It was good, a bit bland, maybe because I used chicken broth instead of beef, so I added more spices. I just had leftovers, since we ate early and it was so much better the 2nd time around. I am so glad to have another meal added to the rotation.
I made this tonight! We loved it! My picky toddlers ate it- I was so happy about that! Thanks for all the great recipes you put ou there – I’ve tried several so far and they are all a hit!